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diff --git a/chapter05/glibc-inst.xml b/chapter05/glibc-inst.xml index 499b2ae02..b8e84de43 100644 --- a/chapter05/glibc-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/glibc-inst.xml @@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ default optimizations, such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we recommend unsetting them when building Glibc.</para> <para>Basically, compiling Glibc in any other way than the book suggests -is putting your system at a very high risk.</para> +is putting the stability of your system at risk.</para> <para>Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will -complain about the presence of /etc/ld.so.conf (or lack thereof). Fix -this annoying little error:</para> +complain about the absence of <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>. +Fix this annoying little error with:</para> <para><screen><userinput>mkdir /stage1/etc touch /stage1/etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen></para> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen></para> --with-binutils=/stage1/bin \ --without-gd</userinput></screen></para> -<para>The meaning of the configure options are:</para> +<para>The meaning of the new configure options is:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-profile</userinput>: This disables the @@ -46,11 +46,18 @@ building of the libraries with profiling information. Omit this option if you plan to do profiling.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><userinput>--enable-add-ons</userinput>: This enables any -add-ons that we installed with Glibc, in our case Linuxthreads.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para><userinput>--libexecdir=/usr/bin</userinput>: This will -cause the <filename>pt_chown</filename> program to be installed in the -<filename>/usr/bin</filename> directory.</para></listitem> +add-ons that were installed with Glibc, in our case Linuxthreads.</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para><userinput>--with-binutils=/stage1/bin</userinput> and +<userinput>--with-headers=/stage1/include</userinput>: Strictly speaking +these switches are not required. But they ensure nothing can go wrong with +regard to what kernel headers and Binutils programs get used during the +Glibc build.</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para><userinput> --without-gd</userinput>: This switch ensures +that we don't build the <userinput>memusagestat</userinput> program, which +strangely enough insists on linking against the host's libraries (libgd, +libpng, libz, and so forth).</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>During this stage you will see the following warning:</para> @@ -76,16 +83,17 @@ would require you to regenerate the binary files.</para> make check make install</userinput></screen></para> -<para>The locales (used by Glibc to make your Linux system talk in a different -language) weren't installed when you ran the previous command, so we have to -do that ourselves now:</para> +<para>The locales (used by Glibc to make your Linux system respond in a +different language) weren't installed when you ran the previous command, +so we have to do that ourselves now:</para> <para><screen><userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen></para> -<para>An alternative to running the previous command is to install only those -locales which you need or want. This can be achieved using the localedef -command. Information on this can be found in the <filename>INSTALL</filename> -file in the <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;</filename> tree.</para> +<para>An alternative to running the previous command is to install only +those locales which you need or want. This can be achieved by using the +<userinput>localedef</userinput> command. Information on this can be +found in the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file in the +<filename>glibc-&glibc-version;</filename> tree.</para> </sect2> |